Chapter 81: Fishing
When they arrived at the main courtyard and entered the hall, Wang Jin and the two elders met the ceremony, and the second grandmother Zhuang pulled Ruan Minyu to her, stroked her hair lovingly, and said: "I haven't seen you for many years, the little glutinous rice dumplings back then have grown into beautiful little girls now!" Is your mother okay? ”
Ruan Minyu smiled and nodded: "Mother is fine, I am still worried about when Aunt Zhuang will come to my house to see!" ”
"Hey, I was going to see your mother some time ago, but I was sick for a few days. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoWait a day or two, and the sickness is gone, I'll go to your house to have a look! Grandma Zhuang said with a smile.
"Okay, Aunt Zhuang must come, my mother has been looking forward to it!" Ruan Minyu said happily. Hmph, Cher will definitely go with her when the time comes!
"Who is this girl...?" Mrs. Li San looked at Wang Jian curiously, with a faint look of surprise in her eyes.
"My surname is Wang, and my single name is the hibiscus character of Hibiscus." Wang Jin smiled at Mrs. Li San and said, "It's Minyu's friend." ”
"Cher's good friend, too." Zhuang Xue hurriedly took her hand and added.
Wang Jin smiled softly at her, and her heart was warm.
"Since she's a good friend of Cher's, don't be restrained here, just have a good time!" Mrs. Li San smiled gently, and said to Grandma Zhuang's second grandmother: "You accompany me to the east to see the sister-in-law, and let their little girls go to play by themselves." ”
Ruan Minyu and Zhuang Xue were overjoyed when they heard this, and when they heard Mrs. Li San instructed the middle-aged servant woman beside her: "I will send someone to follow the three young ladies later, and if there is anything you need, you will prepare immediately." couldn't help but pursed his mouth in some disappointment, causing Wang Jin on the side to sigh in his heart.
Just now she was so happy, there was a ghost at a glance, Mrs. Li San would be relieved to be strange, and she would definitely send someone to follow.
After the group left, Grandma Zhuang called Zhuang Xue's mother-in-law and asked a few words.
"So, Xue'er has only seen this Wang girl once?" Grandma Zhuang said curiously, "Then why did you just defend her like this?" ”
The woman replied respectfully: "The slave didn't follow Miss that day, but I heard Zhixiang say that it seems that Miss and Miss Ruan had a quarrel that day, and it was this Miss Wang who persuaded her to make peace." As for the origin," she grimaced, "I really haven't heard the young lady talk about it, but there is no one around her to follow, so she must not be the daughter of an official nobleman." ”
"Well, as long as it's not a bad person, since Xue'er likes it, let them play together!" Grandma Zhuang Er waved her hand.
The woman bowed her body and was about to retreat, but she remembered something, her eyes flashed slightly, she bit her lip and said, "The slave has another matter, I don't know whether to talk about it." ”
Grandma Zhuang raised her eyebrows and looked at her, and said slowly, "You can tell me about it." ”
The woman bowed lower and said, "That day, the young ladies swam in the lake to enjoy the lotus, and the girl Wang almost fell into the lake, but it was the young master who saved her." I heard from the girls that at that time, the young master flew from the lake to the pavilion with Miss Wang in his arms! ”
"Smack-"
"Seriously?" Mrs. Li San got up from the chair excitedly, the teacup in her hand overturned on the table, and the tea turned out and flowed to the ground.
"You can't be wrong, a lot of people saw it at the time." The woman replied respectfully.
"Good! Good! Good! Mrs. Li San excitedly said three good words in a row, "You will go down to receive the reward later, and if you hear about the young master and this girl Wang in the future, you will report it quickly, and there will be a reward at that time!" ”
"Thank you, ma'am!" The woman smiled, thinking that this was really the right bet.
Grandma Zhuang naturally saw her careful thoughts, but it was rare for the second sister to be so happy, and she was not easy to pursue, so she asked her mother-in-law to retreat.
Mrs. Li San was surprised and happy, and she didn't notice that her sleeves were wet. She remembered Wang Jin's gentle and demure appearance just now, her humble and unpretentious expression, her delicate and pure smile, and she unconsciously showed a satisfied expression. My son's vision is not bad.
"The second sister is so happy, then I'll be hired tomorrow!" Grandma Zhuang couldn't help but quip.
"Well, I thought." Mrs. Li San didn't deny this idea, and sighed: "It's just that Ming Qian has to agree." And I'm going to look at the girl's character again, and if there's anything bad, I'm sure I can't let her in." ”
Seeing that her tone was not like a joke, Grandma Zhuang's eyes widened and she said in surprise: "Second sister is telling the truth?" Ming Qian just saved her once in an emergency, how did he know that he liked this girl? I see that she looks pretty good, but she's not top-notch, how can the second sister be so sure? ”
Mrs. Li San glanced at her with a smile, sat back in the chair, and said slowly: "If you want to say that my son, who can be literate and martial, he became a talent at the age of fourteen, and now he has never made any mistakes in managing such a big industry for the family." It's naturally good to say that he is a young talent, but to say that he will meet the righteous and brave, and the hero saves the beauty? I won't believe it if I beat him to death, he must have thought about this girl! ”
Zhuang's second grandmother couldn't cry or laugh: "Second sister, you said this about your son!" ”
Mrs. Li San didn't care, took the freshly brewed tea, skimmed the tea foam, and said with a smile and a sigh: "Ming Qian has not liked to suffer since he was a child, no one can get a discount from him, even girls he dares to bully." Back then, I asked my lord if he was willing to marry Qin Qin, and he said that Qin Qin couldn't fight back and scolded or didn't fight back, she was the most well-behaved and best bully girl in the world, and she couldn't give it to others. That's what I agreed. She took a sip of tea and continued: "Now he won't deliberately bully the little girl, but if he wants to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, and act bravely, I'm afraid it will be impossible in this life!" ”
Thinking of the incident of Miss Zhu falling into the water mentioned by the second sister before, Grandma Zhuang couldn't help but have a new understanding of her nephew, and suddenly began to rejoice that her daughter was still young, otherwise if she was given to him, wouldn't she suffer?
After instructing the people around her, Mrs. Li San took the second grandmother Zhuang, who was still palpitating, to visit Mrs. Li at the residence of the uncle in the east of the Li Mansion.
Let's go back to Wang Jin's side.
Zhuang Xue took the two of them, followed by a bunch of maids-in-law, and went straight to Fengchun Lake in the back garden.
The large lotus flowers in the spring lake have withered, the lotus leaves have also withered and fallen, but the blue lotus canopy stands in the wind, and the fat head sways from side to side, which is gratifying.
"Cher, is this the place you said was picking lotus flowers? This lake is so big! Ruan Minyu put her hand on the pergola, looked at the Fengchun Lake, which was twice the size of the Ten Thousand Lotus Pond, and said in surprise.
"Yes, Cousin Mingqian also specially prepared a boat for us, well, there it is!" Zhuang Xue pointed ahead.
Wang Jin glanced at the servant woman sent by Mrs. Li San, and said in her heart that she was afraid that Minyu and their thoughts would be in vain. Sure enough, I heard the servant woman say in a loud voice: "Miss Cousin, Mrs. and Grandma Zhuang have spoken, I am afraid that the young ladies will be careless on the boat and will not be allowed to get on the boat if they fall into the water and suffer from the cold!" ”
Ruan Minyu and Zhuang Xue immediately collapsed, but they had been thinking about it for a long time.
"Mother Li, what are we playing, we can't ride horses, and we can't play in the horse farm. Zhuang Xue vented.
Wang Jin looked at the withered lotus leaves in the pond, suddenly thought of something, turned his head to the servant woman and asked politely, "Mother Li, I don't know if there are fish in this lake?" ”
Mother Li said respectfully: "There should be, the young master used to let people let fish fry go." ”
Wang Jin smiled at Ruan Minyu and the others: "Let's go fishing, okay?" Then he looked at the servant woman, "Is that okay?" ”
Mother Li said with a smile on her face: "Of course you can, the slave maid will call people to prepare." ”
Ruan Minyu and Zhuang Xue also turned cloudy and sunny and became excited.
"Sister Jin'er is still smart, if you can't go into the water, then don't go down, we can still fish!" Ruan Minyu said happily.
"But I won't." Zhuang Xue said pitifully.
"It's okay, none of the three of us know much, it's all about luck. Just like the competition, see who is lucky and catch more! Wang Jin said with a smile.
"Okay, come to the game, come to the game! But what kind of color are you playing?" Ruan Minyu thought as she touched her chin.
Wang Jin looked at the lotus canopy full of the lake, thought for a while, and said: "I and you were appreciating lotus last time, and this time I want to pick lotus pods, it seems that I have an indissoluble bond with lotus flowers!" It's better to give the loser a lotus pod to the other two, but it must be grown by yourself. ”
"Wouldn't that have to wait until next year?" Ruan Minyu was puzzled.
Zhuang Xue understood what Wang Jian meant, and her nose was a little sour: "Well, if Xue'er loses, even if she returns to the capital, she will send it to Minyu and Sister Jin'er!" ”
Ruan Minyu also realized Wang Jin's intentions, her eyes were red at the moment, and she took the hands of the two and said, "Even if we are separated in the future, we will have to contact more and always be good sisters!" ”
"Okay, we're here to play, let's be happy!" Wang Jin said softly, "Look, the fishing rods and fish have brought the bait!" ”
She said a few more words of comfort and turned the attention of the two little girls to fishing.
"The three of us are fishing in different places, limited to one hour, and the winner is the one by weight." Wang Jin set the rules and briefly explained the method of fishing. In fact, she doesn't know very much, but when she saw that her father had fished before, she had a slight impression that it was still by luck after all.
Ruan Minyu showed a lively demeanor again, and said ambitiously: "I want to catch a bucket full of fish!" Then he couldn't wait to instruct the maid to carry the fishing tackle to the pavilion designated by Wang Jin.
Zhuang Xue was not far behind, saying that she remembered that her cousin said that there were big fish in the lake, and she would definitely win if she could catch a big one, and then hurriedly ran to her pavilion.
The three of them took their places, and the fishing competition began.
I don't know if the bait was too tasty, or the fish were too hungry, or if they were too lucky, but in the first half hour of the game, not only were all three of them open, but there were also several fish in the bucket. Wang Jin was originally worried that they would be bored if they couldn't catch fish, but they didn't expect Ruan Minyu and Zhuang Xue, who had tasted the sweetness, to become more energetic, and sent the girls around them to spy back and forth on the "enemy situation", which was very energetic.
The three of them are evenly matched, and the game is stalemate. When the time was almost up, Wang Jian suddenly felt that her hands were sinking, and she hurriedly lifted the rod, but she felt a strong force back. Hey, it looks like a big fish!
"Come and help!" Wang Jin said to the maid ring behind him.
The two of them immediately stepped forward to help, and after tossing several times, the big fish finally revealed its true face, and it was actually a bream with four or five catties.
Wang put the fish in the bucket and thought to himself, this time he would definitely not lose.
When the time came, the three teams converged, and after weighing, Wang Jian had the most, and Zhuang Xue was a little worse than Ruan Minyu.
"Hehe, Xue'er, you really said it, remember to send the lotus pod from the capital when the time comes!" Ruan Minyu grinned.
"Got it, I'm going to be able to pay my bills!" Zhuang Xue glanced at her and said, looking at the fish in the bucket a little unbearable, and asked Wang Jin, "Sister Jin'er, what about these fish?" ”
"Save a few big ones to eat, and let the rest go. What do you say? Wang Jin smiled.
"Okay, then leave a few bigger ones for us to eat at noon." Zhuang Xue squinted her eyes and said, suddenly clapping her hands when she thought of something: "By the way, I remember that my cousin said before that there is a place here where you can bake something to eat, or let's grill fish and eat it!" ”
"Okay, grilled fish to eat!" Nguyen Minyu immediately raised her hand in approval.
Finally, under the arrangement of Li's mother, they went to a barbecue site by a stream at the bottom of a hillside.
Teppanyaki? Wang Jian looked at the two low stoves built by the stream, each with a polished and shiny iron plate, and couldn't help but feel a sense of intimacy.
The three of them looked curiously at the low stove, where the tables, chairs, dishes, chopsticks, and cold dishes were all set. Even the live fish that had just been sent to the kitchen for slaughter were brought along with the seasoning that Wang Hibiscus wanted.
It's just that Wang Jian smeared the seasoning and roasted it for a while, and Zhixiang hurriedly walked over with the little girl beside her before, her face was very ugly.
"Miss," Zhixiang said to Zhuang Xue and Wang Jian with guilt and anxiety: "The slave is useless, Miss Jin'er's wooden box was taken by Miss Lanbiao and Miss Embroidery!" ”